[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch1z2:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch1","Hugh Capet: The Birth of the Capetian Dynasty (987–996)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch1z2","Christmas 987: Robert II Associated with the Crown","\u003Cp>Hugh Capet has not won a hereditary throne: he has won an election. To make the new regime durable, he must prevent the great men from repeating the same process at his death and choosing another king.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧩 Associating the Heir: a Decisive Strategy\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>From 987 onward, Hugh wants his son \u003Cstrong>Robert\u003C/strong> (the future \u003Cstrong>Robert II the Pious\u003C/strong>) to be anointed in order to establish continuity. But Archbishop \u003Cstrong>Adalbero of Reims\u003C/strong>, closely linked to Ottonian networks, hesitates: a durable Capetian dynasty would be harder to contain than an alternation between great families.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Hugh finally obtains the anointing by pleading necessity: he receives a request for help from Count \u003Cstrong>Borrell II of Barcelona\u003C/strong> after the raid of \u003Cstrong>al-Mansur\u003C/strong>. If he must leave to fight, he needs an already recognised successor in case the expedition ends badly. Adalbero yields, and Robert is anointed at \u003Cstrong>Christmas 987\u003C/strong>, at about fifteen years of age.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>⚖️ Rex Designatus: a “Designated King” Already Governing\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Associated with the crown (\u003Cem>rex designatus\u003C/em>), Robert assists his father:\u003C/p>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>militarily, during the crisis of \u003Cstrong>Laon (988–991)\u003C/strong>;\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>religiously, thanks to a solid education, especially at \u003Cstrong>Reims\u003C/strong> under \u003Cstrong>Gerbert of Aurillac\u003C/strong>.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n\u003Cp>Robert presides over or leads ecclesiastical assemblies during the 990s, such as \u003Cstrong>Verzy (991)\u003C/strong> and \u003Cstrong>Chelles (994)\u003C/strong>, reinforcing the image of a kingship that protects the Church. Hugh, by contrast, is often portrayed as less learned, ruling more in the Romance vernacular than in scholarly Latin.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>💍 A Political Marriage Quickly Contested\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Hugh dreams of a Byzantine marriage in order to give universal prestige to the new dynasty. The project fails: Robert instead marries \u003Cstrong>Rozala of Italy\u003C/strong>, widow of \u003Cstrong>Arnulf II of Flanders\u003C/strong>, linked to Carolingian tradition. The age gap is considerable; the union produces no heir, and Robert repudiates her around \u003Cstrong>991/992\u003C/strong>.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Takeaways\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Christmas 987: Robert is anointed to turn an election into continuity.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>Robert becomes a political and religious actor from the very beginning.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The heir’s marriage and education help build a dynasty.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Hugh Capet has not won a hereditary throne: he has won an election. To make the new regime durable, he must prevent the great men from repeating the same",1778543131077]